We report the case of a 53-year-old woman with a personal history of chronic venous insufficiency and recurrent biliary colic who was seen after goiter was detected at during routine medical visit. A physical examination revealed diffuse grade 3 goiter associated with two to four bilateral hard nodules attached to deep planes. There were no adenopathies. No thyroid tenderness or other findings ...

month history of moderate right upper quadrant abdominal pain. Abdominal ultrasonography revealed multiple solid liver nodules. Computed tomography (CT) of the thorax, abdomen, and pelvis confirmed liver metastases with no obvious primary tumor. Serum biochemistry showed only a mild increase in g-glutamyl transpeptidase. Carcinoembryonic antigen and CA19 –9 were increased to 60 – 80 times the n...

Systemic polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is characterized by necrotizing inflammatory changes in medium and small-sized arteries (1). Because the range of symptoms is a wide and no specific serological test exists, diagnosis of PAN could be difficult. Gastrointestinal systems such as the liver, appendix, and gallbladder are rarely affected (2). A 9-year-old female patient was admitted with severe ab...

A 57-year-old man, who had undergone a Billroth I partial gastrectomy for a duodenal ulcer 1 year previously, was hospitalized for continual epigastric pain over the past 1 month. Laboratory testing revealed anemia (hemoglobin 9.4g/dL; normal range 13.5–16.9) and an elevated Creactive protein level (2.22mg/dL; normal <0.02). Liver function tests and the serum gastrin level were within normal li...

background: in vitro simulation of developmental processes is an invaluable tool to shed light on the intrinsic mechanism of developmental biosystems such as central nervous system in mammals. chick somites have been used to simulate the neural differentiation of human neural progenitor cells. in the present study, we aimed to indicate whether somites have the ability to express required neural...

a sweet water-soluble protein that reminds stable over wide ranges of temperature and ph, brazzein has various applications. its tastes like cane sugar but have no calories. however, the extraction of brazzein from its natural source is expensive and not applicable. in this study we used recombinant dna technology to provide an alternative option for cheaper mass production of brazzein. a brazz...

we present the first reported case of antiphospholipid syndrome with stroke in an iranian boy (7-month-old) who had two ischemic strokes within a period of 2 months. serum anticardiolipid antibody was positive and the patient had low levels of protein s and c. this case emphasizes the importance of antiphospholipid antibody in children with unexplained ischemic stroke.

animal agricultural production systems are major sources of nonpoint pollution affecting quality of water sources. nitrogen has been identified as the foremost source of nonpoint water pollution  and the potential negative impacts of n have become an area of public concern. protein degradation from feed ingredients is an important factorinfluencing aa supply to the duodenum. ruminal proteolysis...

background: it seems that the success of vaccination for cancer immunotherapy such as dendritic cell (dc) based cancer vaccine is hindered through a powerful network of immune system suppressive elements in which regulatory t cell is the common factor. foxp3 transcription factor is the most specific marker of regulatory t cells. in different studies, targeting an immune response against regulat...

Objective: To find out the frequency of raised Creactive protein (CRP) levels in patients with first-ever acute ischemic stroke. Methodology: This hospital based descriptive (case series) study was carried out in Neurology Unit, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan from March 2011 to December 2011. A total of 100 patients with first-ever acute ischemic stroke, aged 18 years and above and o...